University of Milan
- Main info
Unimi educational and research dairy farm, dep. agriculture and environmental sciences
Landriano, milan- italy
- General info
Institute: University of Milan
Infrastructure/facility: Research and educational farm, smart grazing research lab
Institution type: Public
Funding: European union next-generationeu
Type of Facility: Dairy cattle barn, mobile experimental platform for grazing dairy cattle
Type of housing: Free-stall barn with cubicles, outdoor grazing
External events: Partly
- Livestock info
Livestock type: Dairy cattle
Number of livestock: 120 adult cows (mainly Italian holstein) plus 100 replacement animals
- Resources & Technologies
2 automatic milking systems (DeLaval), 2 cell counters (OCC-DeLaval), 2 milk progesterone analyzers (DeLaval), 2 3D cameras for automated body condition score (DeLaval), 10 rumiwatch for feeding behavior
130 moomonitor activity sensors, 1 portable NIR analyzer for feeds (aurora NIR grainit)
Automatic calf milk feeder with automatic half weighing scale and 2 automatic concentrate feeder for calves, 1 grass mass meter (grasshopper)
Climate monitoring (10 hobo), 25 customized collars equipped with accelerometers and GPS
Video cameras for calves monitoring, 1 outdoor meteo station (temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction)
- Infrastructures
20 hobo pendant (3D accelerometers)
4 milk flow meters (lactocorder)
- References